Thanks for asking Tim, I'd like to see flash forms add to but NOT TAKE AWAY from html forms. Therefore, everything an HTML form does, ought to happen in flash forms. For example, make them respond to the mouse wheel. Make drop down menus drop down with a press of the down arrow key. etc. So people who are used to filling in forms in html find the flash forms behave in the same way ,but also add some cool new features, such as the calendar popup, and the validation with highlighting etc.
As it is now, if you use flash forms, you can use the terrific calendar popup, and the cool way the field holding the current focus is highlighted etc but you lose other stuff. Accessibility and standards compliance is a major issue and growing in importance, specially on government and QANGO sites, so it would be good to have flash forms fully compliant with the accessibility standards. Also the biggest negative to flash forms is the time to load. I had one I thought was pretty cool, with a lot of neat things on it, but the client said it didnt work. When I investigated some more, it turned out he was using a dialup connection and hadn't waited long enough for the "loading" graphic to appear even, let alone the whole form. I'm busy changing the form now to a XML format one, based on the example in CFFORMS.com. I really like the following aspects: [A] you're making the CFFORM concept work. In CF5 it looked terrific in the specs, but failed to deliver the goods. It now looks like we're pretty close to the goods. [B] The ease of use for coders is terrific. I have written a codegenerator that creates basic forms off a datasource table, and then I tweak from there. Far less time spent writing validation scripts etc. [C] I love the simple way you can make wizard-style forms and concertina styles. Merry Christmas!! Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 12/22/05, tbuntel @ macromedia. com tbuntel @ macromedia. com < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello - > Beside faster loading and a WYSWYG designer of some sort, I'd be > interested in hearing any *specific* enhancement requests to Flash > Forms. We can best improve the feature when we know exactly what you'd like > to see. > Thanks, > Tim Buntel > Sr. Product Manager, ColdFusion > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227498 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
